Oleg Davygora23:13, 18.03.26
The city of Nowowolynsk is located 15 kilometers from the border with Poland and the Lublin Voivodeship.
Russian Shahed drones struck an energy facility in the city of Novovolynsk, located right on the border with Poland, causing partial power and water outages there.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the drones flew over the north of the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions, threatened the Rivne region, and then could attack Kovel and Novovolynsk in Volyn.
Mayor of Novovolynsk Borys Karpus reported that a power facility near the city was hit.
“Friends, according to preliminary data, an energy facility near Novovolynsk was hit. Power supply was cut off in part of the settlement. There are also interruptions in water supply,” he said.
The mayor later added that the damage to the power plant was very serious and a fire was still ongoing.
As the head of the Volyn OVA, Roman Romanyuk, clarified , a critical infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of the attack near Novovolynsk.
“Volyn was again attacked by a Shahed UAV. As a result, there was a power outage in one of the regions of the region. At the moment, more than 30 thousand subscribers are left without power supply. All relevant services are working on the spot to eliminate the consequences,” he concluded.
It is worth noting that the city of Nowowolynsk is located 15 kilometers from the border with Poland and the Lublin Voivodeship.
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Seems like “Russia strikes Shahed energy facility” should say “Russia Shahed strikes energy facility”.
Yes the title needs fixing, but Sir Veth presented it word for word as author posted.
Threats to Hungarian community posed as police: Security Service exposes Russian operation in Zakarpattia
The Security Service of Ukraine has said that Russian secret services threatened the Hungarian community in Zakarpattia Oblast using spoofed Ukrainian phone numbers and posing as activists and law enforcement officers.
Source: Security Service of Ukraine
Quote: “The Security Service of Ukraine has exposed a large-scale Russian disinformation operation targeting the Hungarian community in Zakarpattia.
The Security Service of Ukraine has uncovered a new disinformation and psychological operation by Russian secret services aimed at destabilising the situation in Zakarpattia Oblast and increasing tensions between Ukraine and Hungary.”
Details: The Security Service reported that the Russians had spoofed phone numbers via IP telephony to carry out the operation. Using numbers that appeared to be Ukrainian, they made anonymous threatening calls to representatives of the Hungarian national community.
The Service explained during such calls, the unknown individuals introduced themselves as members of “national-patriotic groups” or even as law enforcement officers and demanded that people leave the territory of Ukraine, threatening them with physical violence.
Law enforcement agencies established that the calls were made from Russian territory.
The Security Service said it is currently working to block the information operation and urged citizens not to respond to such provocations and to report them to the authorities.
[From Ukrainska Pravda, via MSN]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/threats-to-hungarian-community-posed-as-police-security-service-exposes-russian-operation-in-zakarpattia/ar-AA1YUw4Y
EU leaders to press Hungary’s Orban to lift block on Ukraine loan
BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) – European Union leaders are expected to put heavy pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday to lift his blockade on a vital 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan to Ukraine to keep up its fight against Russia’s invasion.
EU leaders agreed to the loan in December but Orban – who has maintained cordial ties to Russia and repeatedly clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy – blocked its implementation last month, citing a dispute over a war-damaged pipeline.
The Druzhba pipeline carried Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia but was damaged by a Russian attack in January, officials say. Ukraine says it will take some time to repair but Hungary insists it is ready to operate already.
At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, other leaders of the 27-nation bloc are expected to point to an agreement by Zelenskiy this week to fix the pipeline with EU technical help and funding, and press Orban to drop his opposition to the loan, diplomats say.
RISKS FOR KYIV AND EU LEADERS’ CREDIBILITY
Orban’s stance has sparked anger among other EU leaders as Kyiv is expected to run short of money within weeks if it does not receive fresh funding, and his U-turn has called into question the credibility of the European Council, the EU’s highest-decision making body.
Orban, a nationalist ally of U.S. President Donald Trump in the midst of a tough re-election campaign, has often been a thorn in the side of mainstream EU politicians but not previously gone back on a deal agreed among EU leaders, diplomats say.
“In December, we took a political decision – a political decision at the level of the European Council. Now is the time to deliver,” Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday.
“I don’t want to think of a scenario where the European Union decides something at the level of the European Council, at the level of 27 leaders, and this political decision is not implemented,” he told an event in Brussels hosted by the European Policy Centre think tank.
Many EU officials are particularly exasperated by Orban’s blockade as he secured an opt-out from paying for the costs of the loan, along with the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Orban, however, has so far shown no sign of backing down. “No oil deliveries? No money. It’s that simple,” he posted on X on Tuesday.
($1 = 0.8726 euros)
[From Reuters, via MSN]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/eu-leaders-to-press-hungary-s-orban-to-lift-block-on-ukraine-loan/ar-AA1YWxm3
The EU is such a sorry-assed club of total losers. They let this little, insignificant, corrupt trash country lead them through the arena on nose rings all the time.